Project Search
Since its inception in 2004, CIG has funded hundreds of projects, boosting natural resource conservation while helping producers improve the health of their operations for the future. Use this tool to search for CIG projects based on any of the criteria listed below.
CIG projects from 2004-2009 may be missing information in the following categories: Resource Concern (specific), Conservation Practice, Production/Use.
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NATIVEEnergy, INC.
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VT
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2016
NativeEnergy, Inc.’s Mobile Separator Project (MSP) is an innovative approach to improve dairy farms’ manure management, reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) at the farm, and capture and remove excess nutrients from the farm. The MSP will employ a technology that is proven in the broader agriculture industry (i.e., separators at larger farms with anaerobic digesters) but has historically been very difficult or impossible to financially justify at smaller farms due to poor economies of scale. The MSP addresses the economies of scale issue for locations where there are a number of small dairy farms in close proximity to each other.
Ecotrust Forest Management
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OR
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2016
EcoTrust Forest Management proposes to design an investment vehicle that is capable of aggregating private capital at a scale, and combine it with public and philanthropic dollars to achieve measurable impact goals around forestland productivity and conservation across different forest types in Oregon and Washington. This innovative conservation finance approach can serve as a model for structuring investment funds that pool capital from private, public and philanthropic sources.
The Nature Conservancy
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ID
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2016
The Nature Conservancy proposes to work with commercial lenders and impact investors to develop a program that provides reduced operating loan rates in exchange for the implementation of conservation practices that build a producer’s natural resource base. This project could serve as a model for valuing soil health and other risk mitigating conservation systems as part of a producer’s overall financial approach.
XERCES Society, Inc
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OR
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2016
In partnership with major food companies, agricultural investors, and conservation-minded farmers, the Xerces Society proposes to develop and launch a first-of-its-kind certification program that incentivizes the large-scale adoption of pollinator conservation through a marketing-driven platform. This program, known as Bee Better Farming, will leverage scalable investments from the private sector to develop clearly defined pollinator conservation metrics that will be rewarded with a formally recognized certification.
KCOE ISOM, LLP
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WY
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2016
KCOE Isom proposes to stimulate private investment in Habitat mitigation markets in seven Western states by creating a pilot-scale catalyst fund to ensure landowners’ cost recovery for land management activities that restore sage-grouse Habitat. By guaranteeing cost recovery and enabling landowner financing, the project will reduce investment risk and attract private capital into Habitat mitigation markets.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc.
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MD
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2016
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay proposes to develop, pilot and promote new approaches to improve agricultural landowner access to environmental markets that will accelerate Farm-level conservation and improve the quality of water flowing to the Chesapeake Bay. The project will establish a number of conservation investment mechanisms to help offset the barriers associated with participating in three existing mitigation banking programs in Maryland and Virginia.
i2 Capital Operating, LLC
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WY
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2016
I2 Capital proposes to develop a co-op conservation bank model to restore and conserve sage-grouse Habitat in the Western United States. The co-op bank model provides opportunities for impact investors to partner with private landowners to restore and manage healthy sage brush landscapes while providing for continued ranching in perpetuity.
Iroquois Valley Farms, LLC
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IL
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2016
Iroquois Valley Farms proposes to develop and offer Soil Restoration Notes, an innovative investment vehicle that will be sold to investors. Proceeds from the Notes will help Iroquois Valley’s partner farmers increase profits while transitioning land to organic production. Soil Restoration Notes can serve as an investment model for other entities engaged in organic farming.
WES-MON-TY Resource Conservation and Development Project
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WV
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2016
Wes-Mon-Ty Resources Conservation and Development Project proposes to demonstrate the establishment of multiple perennial and annual forage species unrecognized by NRCS Conservation Planners to improve pollinator Habitat, reduce erosion, address soil quality, and improve forage resources on both rotational and continuous winter feeding areas.
First Nations Development Institute
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AZ
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2016
First Nations Development Institute proposes to harness the momentum of the Association of Arizona Tribal Conservation Districts, an informal group of all 10 of the conservation districts in Arizona established by Tribal Council law. The project’s goal is to create an adaptable process for Native American communities to engage multiple and diverse stakeholders in developing community-wide conservation plans, and for Native American producers to leverage this momentum and information to create their own conservation plans. The effect of the development of these conservation plans will be to increase the ability of Native American tribes, entities and producers to participate in USDA programs and grant opportunities.